Here’s a great article by George Athanassakos at The Globe and Mail. Athanassakos is a finance professor and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He’s discussing a recent paper titled The Value Premium and Expected Business Conditions, which illustrates … Read More
Athanassakos Rebukes Another Bogus Study That ‘Proves’ Value Investing Doesn’t Work
George Athaassakos recently wrote a great article that illustrates why most studies that ‘prove’ value investing doesn’t work, are not entirely accurate. Here’s an excerpt from that article: A new study from Arizona State University, titled Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills?, is turning heads and gives ammunition to those who … Read More
George Athanassakos – Let’s Stop Bashing Active Management
Great article by George Athanassakos, a Professor of Finance and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at Ivey Business School, in which he answers two difficult questions regarding active management: Why is it almost impossible for reported numbers to show that active managers beat benchmarks? But beyond that, what may make it … Read More
George Athanassakos: The Shift Towards Passive Investing Is Creating An Opportunity For Active Investors
One of the academics we like to follow closely at The Acquirer’s Multiple is George Athanassakos. Athanassakos is the Director of the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing Ivey Business School. He recently wrote a great article that makes the case for why the market needs stockpickers now more than ever. The … Read More